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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Completely agree.  As a Howard grad (biracial), knowing many Howard grads with kids and grand kids, I can't imagine a 5 year old saying "it's a black thing" ever! Maybe at the middle school level, but still that could be a stretch.  You'll notice that the poster that said her 5 year had that was told that hasn't spoken up, I'm sure it was a statement s/he made up to emphasize his/her stance, but sounds like a bunch of lies to me.[/quote]

As a naive white "gentrifier" in a neighborhood not far from Howard, I was - and am - shocked by the vulgar things I have heard small children say.  I don't blame their race or their schools, I blame their parents.  I'm sure their unfortunate economic circumstances play a large part, but ultimately the lack of appropriate parenting and adult role-models in their lives is irreplaceable.  It's possible to be poor and still be well-raised and goal-oriented.  There's no excuse for teaching or allowing your elementary school aged child to say to a random stranger "Kill that white bitch!"

If I hadn't heard it, I never would have believed it.  And I've heard it more than once.  So, I'm new to this thread, but "It's a black thing" is hardly an inconceivable racial fireball in my experience.  I've lived on this side of 14th street for a decade now, I can handle it, though it saddens me.  However, there's more than one good reason that I would never let my children attend the local DCPS pipeline-to-the-penitentiary.

(BTW, my offense was walking up the street - on the other side - within view of said vulgar small child.)[/quote]

I agree and it saddens me as well to witness this type of language/behavior.  I come across it often especially at my neighborhood metro (Anacostia).  However, a 5 year old saying these vulgar things is a stretch.  In my experience, the age range for the young ones that develop the poor behavior could be as young as 7/8, but still doubt it coming from a 5 year old.  It could very well be that the PP gets this all the time (very likely) and is assuming the little brown kids in her kid's class could be capable of such behavior or perhaps it was an older kid in the school, but I'll bet my 401k that a 5 year old did not say that to her kid.

Signed,
A nearly decade resident of SE where the language is probably the worst[/quote]

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